Hohlkreuz
German, noun/ˈhoːlˌkʁɔɪ̯ts/
Hohlkreuz is spelled H-O-H-L-K-R-E-U-Z (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 202,985th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hohlkreuz is a German neuter noun meaning “hollow back, lumbar lordosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach vorn gerichtete, stark geprägte Verkrümmung der Wirbelsäule im Bereich der Lendenwirbel”.
What does Hohlkreuz mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhollow back, lumbar lordosis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nach vorn gerichtete, stark geprägte Verkrümmung der Wirbelsäule im Bereich der Lendenwirbel
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Hohlkreuz
- Hohlkreuzes genitive
- Hohlkreuze plural
- Hohlkreuzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hohlkreuz?
- /ˈhoːlˌkʁɔɪ̯ts/
- [ˈhoːlˌkʁɔɪ̯t͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hohlkreuz in German?
Hohlkreuz appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).